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One breath, another breath (a poem)

2016/09/23 — Leave a comment

An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Frank Perry’s album Zodiac.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged breath, ekphrastic poem, poem, poetry, September 2016, silence, solitude, sound, space. Bookmark the permalink.

A meditation on the art of a performance (A poem)

2015/10/23 — Leave a comment

I wrote this earlier this evening while watching the documentary Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged chair, connection, gaze, metronome, October 2015, poem, poetry, presence, roads, room, separation, sound, space, strangers, walls. Bookmark the permalink.

The nature of silence (A poem)

2015/10/18 — Leave a comment

I spent yesterday watching Japanese movies checked out from the library. This poem was inspired by クローンは故郷をめざす (The Clone Returns Home)…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged accommodation, border, changes, marker, moment, noise, October 2015, poem, poetry, separation, silence, sound, space. Bookmark the permalink.

Erasure (a poem)

2015/07/03 — Leave a comment

A stray thought turned into a poem…
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This entry was posted in Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged absence, erasure, forgetting, poem, poetry, space. Bookmark the permalink.

Unarmed #2 (a poem)

2015/04/15 — Leave a comment

Today’s Writer’s Digest April PAD Challenge prompt is to pick an adjective, make it the title of your poem…[then] write your poem.

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged 2015 April PAD Challenge, adjective, April 2015, armor, distance, poem, poetry, space, truth, unarmed, walls, weapons, Writer's Digest. Bookmark the permalink.

The constellation (a poem)

2015/03/01 — Leave a comment

Attended a family constellation session yesterday. I was not the focus, but I was a participant. This poem reflects my experience… Continue reading

This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged connection, constellation, disconnection, February 2015, poem, poetry, positions, seen, space, unseen. Bookmark the permalink.
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